Emergency response drills

1. A district communication system, comprising: a district server configured to manage a campus communication system located within a district location managed by the district server; and a district network configured to communicatively couple the campus communication system and the district server; wherein the campus communication system comprises: a network switch configured to integrate communication equipment associated with the campus communication system; a campus controller; and room equipment for a plurality of rooms within a campus associated with the campus communication equipment, wherein, for each room of the plurality of rooms, the room equipment comprises a room controller, a speaker, one or more switches, and a status light indicator; wherein the campus controller is configured to: receive an emergency drill configuration of a user configurable list of actions in an ordered list of steps from the district server; receive a signal to begin an emergency drill defined by the emergency drill configuration; control the room equipment for each of the plurality of rooms to perform one or more actions defined in the emergency drill configuration; receive, from the room equipment for each room of the plurality of rooms, data related to initiation and termination of the one or more actions in the emergency drill configuration; record the data received from the room equipment for each room of the plurality of rooms as flags set in response to the one or more actions being performed when the emergency drill is performed; and send a report of the flags to the district server.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a user computer system communicatively coupled to the district server and configured to manage the emergency drill, wherein the district server is further configured to generate a report upon request from the user computer system, the report detailing the time of initiation of the emergency drill.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the campus controller is further configured to manage an order of the one or more actions of the emergency drill by verifying completion of a lower order action of the emergency drill before performing a higher order action of the emergency drill.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication equipment further comprises: one or more status lights coupled to the network switch and controllable by the campus controller; one or more speakers coupled to the network switch and controllable by the campus controller; one or more auxiliary Input/Output (aux IO) modules coupled to the network switch and configured to actuate a relay and controllable by the campus controller; and one or more message boards coupled to the network switch and controllable by the campus controller.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the one or more actions of the emergency drill comprise one or more of the following action types: play an audio message at the one or more speakers, actuate the relay, delay, send a preconfigured email message, control the one or more status lights, send a preconfigured phone audio message, and display a preconfigured text message on the one or more message boards.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the emergency drill is a practice drill simulating events performed by the system during an actual emergency, and wherein the practice drill is not performed during an occurrence of the actual emergency.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the emergency drill configuration excludes actions that would be performed by the system during the actual emergency.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the excluded actions comprise: notifying contacts of participants of the emergency drill of the actual emergency; and notifying law enforcement of the actual emergency.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the report comprises a time when the emergency drill is performed and information regarding whether the emergency drill was successfully initiated.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the report further comprises information regarding emergency drill execution indicative of compliance with one or more standards associated with the emergency drill.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the report is generated only after completion of the emergency drill.

12. A method for performing an emergency drill at a campus communication system communicatively coupled to a district server via a district network, wherein the campus communication system comprises: a network switch configured to integrate communication equipment associated with the campus communication system; a campus controller; and room equipment for a plurality of rooms within a campus associated with the campus communication equipment, wherein, for each room of the plurality of rooms, the room equipment comprises a room controller, a speaker, one or more switches, and a status light indicator, wherein the campus communication system is managed by the district server to configure the campus controller to perform the method comprising: receiving an emergency drill configuration of a user configurable list of actions in an ordered list of steps from a district server; receiving a signal to begin an emergency drill, wherein the emergency drill comprises one or more actions to be performed by the campus communication system, and the one or more actions are defined in the emergency drill configuration; controlling the room equipment for each of the plurality of rooms to perform the one or more actions defined in the emergency drill configuration; receiving, from the room equipment for each room of the plurality of rooms, data related to the initiation and termination of the one or more actions in the emergency drill configuration; recording the data received from the room equipment for each room of the plurality of rooms as flags set in response to the one or more actions being performed when the emergency drill is performed; and sending a report of the flags to the district server.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the signal to begin the emergency drill is received from the district server.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the one or more actions comprise playing an audio file, including time delays between actions, controlling status lights, and displaying a text message on a message board associated with the campus communication system.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising receiving an indication at the campus controller that all people have been evacuated from a room.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising relaying, by the campus controller, the indication that all people have been evacuated from the room to the district server, wherein the indication is based on a call switch signal from the one or more switches associated with the room.

17. A campus communication system communicatively associated with a campus and coupled to a district sever through a district network, the district server controls operation of the campus communication system via signaling through the district network, the campus communication system comprising: a network switch configured to integrate communication equipment associated with the campus communication system; a campus controller; and room equipment for a plurality of rooms within a campus associated with the campus communication equipment, wherein, for each room of the plurality of rooms, the room equipment comprises a room controller, a speaker, one or more switches, and a status light indicator; wherein the campus controller is configured to: receive an emergency drill configuration of a user configurable list of actions in an ordered list of steps from the district server; receive a signal to begin an emergency drill defined by the emergency drill configuration; control the room equipment for each of the plurality of rooms to perform one or more actions defined in the emergency drill configuration; receive, from the room equipment for each room of the plurality of rooms, data related to the initiation and termination of the one or more actions in the emergency drill configuration; and record the data received from the room equipment for each room of the plurality of rooms as flags set in response to the one or more actions being performed when the emergency drill is performed; and send a report of the flags to the district server.

18. The campus communication system of claim 17 , wherein the campus controller is further configured to manage an order of the one or more actions of the emergency drill by verifying completion of a lower order action of the emergency drill before performing a higher order action of the emergency drill.

19. The campus communication system of claim 17 , wherein the communication equipment further comprises: one or more status lights coupled to the network switch and controllable by the campus controller; one or more speakers coupled to the network switch and controllable by the campus controller; one or more auxiliary Input/Output (aux IO) modules coupled to the network switch and configured to actuate a relay and controllable by the campus controller; and one or more message boards coupled to the network switch and controllable by the campus controller.

20. The campus communication system of claim 19 , wherein the one or more actions of the emergency drill comprise one or more of the following action types: play an audio message at the one or more speakers, actuate the relay, delay, send a preconfigured email message, control the one or more status lights, send a preconfigured phone audio message, and display a preconfigured text message on the one or more message boards.